Super Mechanic: The God of Superpowers!

Chapter 160: Sprout Magic Empire
[Congratulations on triggering the C-rank mission—[Find the Statue]!]
[Mission Description: You have been asked by a singer named Morning Star to help him find a strange statue.]
[Quest Requirements: Find the remaining two [Mysterious Statues]!]
[Mission Reward: Basic Reward: 10 Enas, 120 million Experience Points!]
[Note: After the task is completed, you will be scored based on the length of time you complete it. The shorter the time, the higher the score!]
"Very good." Ye Xiu's eyes flashed slightly, and he felt happy in his heart.

This is a rare task for him and also the most suitable one for him to improve his reviews.

And in some ways, almost none of them.

After all, he is not Master Han.

Finding items is not difficult in itself, but it does require a lot of time and effort.

The conventional process requires running around to locate the remaining statues and gathering information from various sources, making the entire process quite cumbersome.

Moreover, the core criterion for task evaluation is completion time.

The shorter the time, the higher the evaluation.

To some extent, this is undoubtedly good news for boys who can only chat after the age of 25.

Getting back to the point, this requirement is not a problem for Ye Xiu either.

Thanks to Han Xiao's friend, he had already mastered the location of the last two statues. He completely skipped the conventional exploration phase and directly locked onto the target area. Obtaining the highest mission rating was a foregone conclusion.

Considering the strategy of avoiding A-level strongmen, he chose to use roundabout tactics and take advantage of the random reward mechanism attached to high-rated tasks to obtain task settlement cards.

Regular mission rewards have become a secondary option, and the opportunity to draw random rewards each time is the strategic focus.

"I'll leave this statue to you. Find the other two as soon as possible." Morning Star handed over the items.

Ye Xiu looked at the newly acquired statue. It was a humanoid creature with a blurred face and a huge single eye on its chest, giving off a strange aura.

The inventory still shows [Mysterious Statue], but with a special note:
[At this moment, you suddenly realize that these statues seem to be a set. Perhaps if you collect all the statues, something special will happen!]
After putting the two statues into his bag, Ye Xiu asked, "For the sake of the 100,000 Enas reward, I'll accept this commission."

"How can I contact you after the mission is completed?"

"My schedule is tight, and you won't be able to gather anytime soon anyway. I'll have my assistant give you their contact information later, so just let them know when you're done."

As Chenxing spoke, she showed her signature charming smile, and her eyes were full of charm.

Although he knew the exact location of the statues, Ye Xiu deliberately left one unpicked - if he collected all three directly, it would arouse suspicion.

Morning Star currently still believes that this encounter was purely accidental.

In fact, the singer had been searching for the statues for a long time without success, and only by collecting two could he expand his sensing range.

If Chen Xing had not been extremely sensitive to the special fluctuations emitted by the statue, he would not have been able to notice Ye Xiu in the crowd.

Although Chen Xing looked calm and composed, Ye Xiu knew that his heart was already in turmoil and he was very excited.

Ye Xiu knew his bottom line very well. He knew that calling himself a collector was complete bullshit.

Chenxing is actually a master of telekinesis who transmits telekinesis through sound waves.

Beneath his seemingly gentle appearance, he can unleash deadly banshee screams or soul shockwaves at any time, and his actual combat power is at least B-level.

The reason why his singing is so captivating is that it incorporates a special spiritual resonance.

At the same time, the sacrificial totem formed by these four statues originated from the Xu Ling sect. After long-term worship by believers, it has significantly enhanced the Morning Star's mental practice.

Different from the pragmatism of the Scarlet Empire or the liberal thought of the Glorious Federation, the Void Spirit Sect is a cosmic civilization.

Its system of combining politics and religion is full of mystery.

In the cognition of most galactic civilizations, religious beliefs are mostly regarded as spiritual sustenance or philosophical speculation.

Some regimes even regard it as a factor of social instability.

The paths of life evolution vary greatly, and most religions worship nothing more than man-made spiritual totems.

But in a few special cases, real divine entities do exist.

The Void Spirit Sect happens to be one of these few exceptions.

Although its civilization also originated in the barbaric period, it did not follow the tool innovation of scientific civilization or the element awakening of magical civilization.

Their ancestors accidentally discovered a way to connect with life in the real dimension.

When the object of faith can provide tangible feedback.

When religious activities directly promote technological leaps and social changes.

The evolutionary logic of the entire civilization is fundamentally different from the conventional pattern.

Regarding the nature of divine beings, magical scholars tend to define them as some kind of super-dimensional energy aggregate.

Just like a warlock obtains alien power through a contract.

Technological researchers believe that it is a high-dimensional life form that cannot be captured by conventional senses.

The form it presents to the material world often goes beyond conventional cognition.

Therefore, most of the statues that conform to the public's aesthetic taste are fakes.

Both theoretical systems recognize that faith relationships have two-way value.

But the more advanced the civilization, the more cautious it is in studying the subject of divinity.

The Void Spirit Sect has proposed a unique theoretical framework in this field and also possesses the core technology to materialize fictional beliefs.

They claim that all divine beings have already existed eternally in the dimensional gaps, and that so-called creation is nothing more than the establishment of channels for worship.

Such abstruse rhetoric is naturally difficult to convince pragmatic people.

In addition to the Supreme Spirit Lord who is the chief priest, this sect also brings together countless belief systems in the starry sea, becoming an interstellar religious center.

Those four mysterious statues are the concrete carriers of a certain materialized belief, carrying the spiritual energy accumulated over a long period of time.

In addition to the Void Spirit Sect, the other two cosmic civilizations also possess the power to break through common sense.

Of course, Ye Xiu is still a long way from coming into contact with such an existence.

However, he had naturally thought about the route clearly.

That is to join the [Ethereal Sect].

And because of the clone, the other two civilizations can also come into contact.

The celebration ended, and Ye Xiu bid farewell to Morning Star and returned to the rented starship.

At this moment, Caroline said excitedly, "We received a large order of 100,000 Enas this time. If we save more money, we can buy a better spaceship."

"The cost of maintaining the spacecraft is too high. Let's talk about it later." Ye Xiu shook his head.

"Fuel supply, equipment maintenance, and system upgrades are all bottomless pits."

After all, in the interstellar age, the cost of maintaining a spacecraft often exceeds the purchase price.

Ordinary players will not generally own private spaceships until the later versions. In the early stages, only large guilds can afford the fleet expenses.

However, compared to purchasing a spaceship, Ye Xiu would rather replicate a special ability that can transform into something similar to a spaceship.

And he has to control it himself. He feels weird if someone else controls "him".

Especially when flying the spaceship, Han Xiao must not be allowed to come.

After setting the navigation coordinates, the spacecraft engine roared.

With his familiarity with the mission process, Ye Xiu skipped the steps of intelligence gathering and regional investigation.

The first three statues were buried deep in the earth of three desolate planets. His precise positioning ability compressed the process that originally took more than 20 days to the minimum time required for the journey.

The final goal is a bit more troublesome.

It's because the statue has been taken by someone else and it already belongs to someone.

To complete this mission, they have traveled through many star fields and now have returned to the Terrarum Cluster, crossing the gravitational boundary of the fourth star sector of the Donghe Galaxy.

"There is a native civilization on this mysterious blue star." Ye Xiu called up the holographic star map to explain, mainly for Hela and Aurora.

Although the two of them have gained much broader knowledge than before, they are limited by the short time and there are still many things they don't know.

"This planet was discovered long ago by a probe from an interstellar civilization."

"It's just that the interstellar civilization passing through here, for unknown reasons, neither established contact with the local civilization nor left any traces of contact."

"This means that the residents of the Mystic Blue Planet are unaware of any visitors, and have no way of understanding the true nature of interstellar society."

"In some ways, they are closer to their primitive state than the civilization of Planet Aquamarine."

"However," he tapped the star map to zoom in on a specific area, "this planet happens to be located at the intersection of the trajectories of the wormhole cluster." "This causes large amounts of interstellar waste to periodically fall into its atmosphere."

The suspended star map suddenly flashed with dense red dots, each spot of light representing a falling event.

"These extraterrestrial objects have allowed local scholars to reverse-engineer and discover results that surpass the level of civilization on this planet."

"However, due to the generational gap, the technology conversion rate is less than 30%."

"Interestingly, the remains of different civilizations have brought with them diverse technological systems—magic circuits, quantum chips, psionic matrices, and crystalline engineering."

"Exposure to such a complex technology tree in the embryonic stages of civilization may not necessarily be a healthy development."

Ye Xiu tapped the projection interface with his finger, and the holographic image instantly turned into a torrent of data.

"More importantly, the target is none other than the special debris that crashed three years ago. It is currently being carefully preserved by a local faction, regarded as a strategic technological artifact."

"Boss, what are you going to do?" Jason Wood asked.

"Come down directly and then make demands. If you don't give them, we will attack you." A cold light flashed in Ye Xiu's tactical eyepiece.

Caroline adjusted the phase calibrator and interjected, "That's not good. Perhaps we can exchange it for interstellar observation data?"

"I tried it." Ye Xiu pulled up a coded file. "In one possibility, after the negotiator met the other party's conditions for seven rounds of negotiations, the other party also requested the interstellar fleet to help suppress the hostile city-state."

"Facts have proved that for this kind of speculative regime..." He closed the file, and the particle dagger flashed coldly between his fingers.

"Showing the Star Destroyer authorization code is more effective than saying nice things."

……

In the southwest of the Secret Blue Star, the Sprout Magic Empire.

This small empire built with rune energy technology is hidden deep in the heart of the primitive jungle.

The surface of the buildings is covered with winding indigo and silver-white lines.

Energy spires are scattered among the towering triangular prism buildings.

These tower-like structures engraved with energy-gathering runes constitute the city's power network.

There are no traditional city walls around the city-state, and the height of the buildings gradually decreases as the forest extends.

Eventually, it merges into scattered villages, blending seamlessly with the lush forest.

Decades ago, fallen interstellar debris brought about the enlightenment of rune technology.

The Sprout Organization, the predecessor of the Sprout Empire, deciphered some of the secrets and then gradually built this technological wonder.

Today, this place has become an important stronghold of the mysterious blue star.

Deep in the forest shrouded in darkness, orange-red flames danced in the temporary camp forty kilometers away.

More than twenty adventurers wearing rune leather armor sat around the thermal rune array.

The beast-repelling talismans on the outskirts of the camp glowed with a faint green light, isolating the nocturnal creatures at a safe distance.

"Boss, how many times can this batch of goods be worth on the black market?"

The young team members rubbed their frozen hands, with greedy flames dancing in their eyes.

The lean leader grinned, revealing a rodent-like smile:
"Hehehe, the underground market in Tender Sprout City has been going crazy buying up space junk lately. Our stockpile can be exchanged for at least 7,000 Tender Sprout Coins."

This interstellar debris smuggler team specializes in searching for cosmic debris ejected from wormholes.

Although all major forces are competing to recover these foreign objects that contain technological codes.

But there are always some that slip through the net, which has given rise to a huge black market trading chain.

"call out--"

At this moment, a sharp sound of breaking air suddenly tore through the night sky, and everyone jumped up as if they were electrocuted.

A red meteor in the sky drew a dazzling trail and approached the camp with a thunderous roar.

This group of hunters who have been dealing with interstellar falling objects for many years suddenly became excited. They were too familiar with this sound.

"It's space junk!"

The burning stellar debris stirred up violent air currents that swept across the treetops, and the entire forest swayed violently as if hit by a hurricane.

Accompanied by a deafening crash, a column of smoke rose into the sky in the forest area two kilometers away, and the ground shaking caused half of the team members to stumble and fall.

The team leader grabbed the night vision binoculars, and the still-smoking impact crater was reflected in the lens. "Excellent! The recovery team from Sprout City will take at least half an hour to arrive!"

The smugglers grabbed their gear and rushed to the crash site, their lanterns illuminating the ten-meter-diameter crater.

An egg-shaped metal structure about two and a half meters high was inserted diagonally at the bottom of the pit, and geometric patterns of an unknown civilization flowed on its surface.

"This material doesn't look like ordinary wreckage." A team member touched the shell hesitantly.

"No matter what it is! Load it onto the truck!" the team leader urged sternly.

Just as everyone was about to take action, a blinding light suddenly exploded in the dark forest.

The frozen soil in front of the team leader's feet was instantly melted by the energy beam, forming a deep pit as big as a bowl. The smell of burning mixed with green smoke spread in the cold night.

"Everyone, don't move!" A low warning voice came from deep in the jungle, followed by the sound of metal collision.

A team of soldiers wearing alloy armor emerged from the shadows of the trees, with tactical grenades hanging from their waists and standard rifles in their hands.

The leader was wearing tactical goggles, and the silencer of the sniper rifle in his hand still had light blue smoke remaining - the warning shot just now came from this weapon.

"It's the mobile force of the Pipihei Mechanical City-State!" The smugglers' faces turned pale in an instant.

As one of the five major powers on the Mystical Blue Star, this city-state, famous for its mechanical technology, has always swept the battlefield with heavy chariots.

Its cast alloy armor is a headache for all opponents.

More rustling sounds were heard in the woods, and combat teams in different uniforms gathered from all directions.

The wreckage of the star that fell from the sky attracted all forces like a magnet, and the warriors wearing various equipment were wary of each other.

The air was filled with tension.

According to the unwritten rules of the Secret Blue Star, any space relic that falls in the territory of any force will attract task forces from other forces.

In other words, if you can't seize the opportunity, you will destroy it completely!
"The Pipihei Mechanical City-State, the Arcane Society, the Temple of Samsara, the Viller Tribe, and the Card Master Alliance."

Five elite troops surrounded the central crash pod in a circle.

The smugglers who were ready to act had already retreated into the bushes and were trembling.

Don't dare to move!
In the airspace belonging to Nenya City, every minute and every second is related to strategic opportunities.

Therefore, the confrontation lasted only a few breaths before gunfire tore through the silence of the night.

"biubiubiu!"

The warriors of the Pipi Black Mechanical City took the lead in attacking, and the barrage of bullets from assault rifles weaved a web of fire in the darkness.

Faced with this force famous for its gunpowder technology, most people chose to stay away for the time being.

Only the warriors of the Card Master Alliance stood still.

The brass discs on their waists suddenly unfolded, and as the crystal card was inserted into the card slot, a white light flashed on their bodies.

At the same time, an emotionless voice suddenly rang out: "Armor fusion!"

A light blue force field took shape instantly, and the metal storm was completely annihilated in the energy ripples.

This is just the beginning of the chaos.

Arcane torrents intertwine with biochemical claws, crystal rays dance with combat potions, and the entire forest turns into a surging furnace of energy.

The exploding grenade sparked flames on the arcane barrier, and the metal barrel was twisted off by the beastly claws.

The poisoned spear pierced through the reinforced body, sending up a foul-smelling blood mist.

The out-of-control energy card exploded with a circular shock wave, carrying humus soil everywhere.

The unique combat systems of five factions clash fiercely here: the arcane emblems of the Arcane Society, the radiant crystals of the Samsara Temple, and the mutant serum of the Wheeler Tribe.
Whenever someone tries to approach the wreckage of the star, they will be strangled by the other four parties.

This delicate balance continued in blood until new variables broke the deadlock.

(End of this chapter)